(SS) Barajas Alvarez v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

10 11 KEVIN DANIEL BARAJAS ALVAREZ, Case No. 1:21-cv-00601- EPG Plaintiff, FINAL JUDGMENT AND ORDER

REGARDING PLAINTIFF’S SOCIAL

v. SECURITY COMPLAINT COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, (ECF Nos. 1, 17).

Defendant. 17 18 This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff’s complaint for judicial review of an unfavorable decision by the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration regarding his cessation of Supplemental Security Income benefits after turning 18 years old. The parties have consented to entry of final judgment by the United States Magistrate Judge under the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 636(c) with any appeal to the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. (ECF No. 10). Plaintiff presents the following issues: (1) “The ALJ’s MRFC [or, mental residual functional capacity,] is not supported by Substantial Evidence”; and, (2) “The ALJ harmfully erred by failing to provide ‘clear and convincing’ reasons for rejecting symptomology evidence.” (ECF No.…